1896 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1896 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkExposition Park
CityAllegheny, Pennsylvania
Record66–63 (.512)
League place6th
OwnersWilliam Kerr and Phil Auten
ManagersConnie Mack

The 1896 Pittsburgh[a] Pirates season was the 15th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their tenth in the National League. The Pirates finished sixth in the National League with a record of 66–63.

Regular season

The 1896 Pittsburgh Pirates

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 90 39 .698 — 49‍–‍16 41‍–‍23
Cleveland Spiders 80 48 .625 9½ 43‍–‍19 37‍–‍29
Cincinnati Reds 77 50 .606 12 51‍–‍15 26‍–‍35
Boston Beaneaters 74 57 .565 17 42‍–‍24 32‍–‍33
Chicago Colts 71 57 .555 18½ 42‍–‍24 29‍–‍33
Pittsburgh Pirates 66 63 .512 24 35‍–‍31 31‍–‍32
New York Giants 64 67 .489 27 39‍–‍26 25‍–‍41
Philadelphia Phillies 62 68 .477 28½ 42‍–‍27 20‍–‍41
Washington Senators 58 73 .443 33 38‍–‍29 20‍–‍44
Brooklyn Bridegrooms 58 73 .443 33 35‍–‍28 23‍–‍45
St. Louis Browns 40 90 .308 50½ 27‍–‍34 13‍–‍56
Louisville Colonels 38 93 .290 53 25‍–‍37 13‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

1896 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team BAL BSN BRO CHI CIN CLE LOU NYG PHI PIT STL WAS
Baltimore — 5–7 6–6 7–4–2 10–2 3–8–1 10–2 9–3 12–0 9–2 9–3 10–2
Boston 7–5 — 10–2 3–9 5–6 5–7–1 8–4 7–5 7–5 7–5 8–4 7–5
Brooklyn 6–6 2–10 — 6–6 2–10 5–7 8–4 4–8 8–4 6–5–1 7–5 4–8–1
Chicago 4–7–2 9–3 6–6 — 4–6–1 2–9–1 9–3 5–7 4–8 11–1 9–3 8–4
Cincinnati 2–10 6–5 10–2 6–4–1 — 6–5 9–3 6–6 8–4 5–7 12–0 7–4
Cleveland 8–3–1 7–5–1 5–7 9–2–1 5–6 — 8–3–2 7–5 6–6 4–8–1 10–2 9–3–1
Louisville 2–10 4–8 4–8 3–9 3–9 3–8–2 — 4–8–1 7–5 2–10 3–9 3–9
New York 3–9 5–7 8–4 7–5 6–6 5–7 8–4–1 — 3–8 4–8 9–3–1 6–6
Philadelphia 0–12 5–7 4–8 8–4 4–8 6–6 5–7 8–3 — 6–6 8–3 8–4
Pittsburgh 2–9 5–7 5–6–1 1–11 7–5 8–4–1 10–2 8–4 6–6 — 8–3 6–6
St. Louis 3–9 4–8 5–7 3–9 0–12 2–10 9–3 3–9–1 3–8 3–8 — 5–7
Washington 2–10 5–7 8–4–1 4–8 4–7 3–9–1 9–3 6–6 4–8 6–6 5–7 —


Opening Day lineup

Roster

1896 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Joe Sugden 80 301 89 .296 0 36
1B Jake Beckley 59 217 55 .253 3 32
2B Dick Padden 61 219 53 .242 2 24
SS Bones Ely 128 537 153 .285 3 77
3B Denny Lyons 118 436 134 .307 4 71
OF Mike Smith 122 484 175 .362 6 94
OF Jake Stenzel 114 479 173 .361 2 82
OF Patsy Donovan 131 573 183 .319 3 59

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Bill Merritt 77 282 82 .291 1 42
Lou Bierbauer 59 258 74 .287 0 39
Harry Davis 44 168 32 .190 0 23
Connie Mack 33 120 26 .217 0 16
Joe Wright 15 52 16 .308 0 6
Jud Smith 10 35 12 .343 0 4
Harry Truby 8 32 5 .156 0 3
Abel Lizotte 7 29 3 .103 0 3
Eddie Boyle 2 5 0 .000 0 0
Tom Delahanty 1 3 1 .333 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Frank Killen 52 432.1 30 18 3.41 134
Pink Hawley 49 378.0 22 21 3.57 137
Charlie Hastings 17 104.0 5 10 5.88 19
Brownie Foreman 9 61.2 3 3 6.57 18
Elmer Horton 2 15.0 0 2 9.60 3

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Hughey 25 155.0 6 8 4.99 48

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jot Goar 3 0 1 0 16.88 3

Notes

  1. ^ Until early in the 20th century, the name of Pittsburgh was spelled both with and without the final 'h'.

References


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